The news is peppered with stories of E85 station unveilings, news of biodiesel fueling stations spreading like hotcakes. But no matter what you read in the papers or catch online ... Read More

Got enough brain space to accommodate another acronym? DPF. It stands for diesel particulate filter, and it's a hard-workin' guy you'll find on '07 and newer diesels. A DPF works ... Read More

We just finished up our review of the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Duramax diesel pickup truck and we'll tell ya right out: It's big, it's powerful and it's overkill ... Read More

For the past six months VW has been conducting its Diesel Heritage Search to find both the oldest VW diesel and the highest mileage VW diesel still on the road. ... Read More

Miles Electric XS500 photo © Miles Electric Electric cars have been around for awhile, with their popularity waxing and waning in concert with ever vacillating fuel prices. They've suffered the ... Read More

You know what a flex-fuel vehicle is, right? (Hint: a vehicle that can use either gasoline and/or ethanol, or any combination thereof.) And you know what a hybrid vehicle ... Read More

1977 diesel Rabbit photo © Volkswagen Several months ago (March 2007 to be exact), we blogged about Volkswagen of America's contest for the oldest VW diesel and ... Read More

The September '07 issue of Scientific American arrived in our mailbox yesterday. And in it was an update regarding ethanol that caught our eye. It's about a biofuel called 2,5-dimethylfuran ... Read More

A recent letter from a VW dealer to the editor of Automotive News Europe noted diesels as strong sellers, yet the media seems to be looking the other way. He ... Read More

Patience. Perseverance. Determination. Ingenuity. Just a few of the qualities necessary for the engineers and developers of new technology, namely the new litho-technology in the hybrid battery market. While all ... Read More

Muscle hybrids. Familiar with 'em yet? They are the next generation of hybrids. Not only do they offer more bang for your buck, they combine performance and fuel economy for ... Read More

Say ethanol and most Americans think corn. However, there's not enough land to feasibly grow sufficient quantities of corn as the sole ethanol feedstock. And according to President Bush's ... Read More

For the first time ever, America has lost its dominance in the car market. A 102-year history. Could this be a foreteller of what's to come? Or will the big ... Read More